Melissa Leo and Christian Bale accepting their Oscars for their roles in "The Fighter"

In the end the comeback kid was edged out by the King.

'The Fighter', the movie about boxer' Irish' Mickey Ward, took an early points lead on 'The King's Speech' when it took Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to Melissa Leo who played Mickey's mother and seemed overwhelmed by the award while Christian Bale won Best Supporting Actor and seemed to forget his wife's name momentarily.

The Oscar wins were surprises for a movie that was barely mentioned in the fight off between 'The King's Speech' and 'The Social Network' for King of the Oscars this year.

Both those movies were about power and pomp, the story of a king who stuttered and a young genius who invented Facebook and made billions.

In contrast the boxing career of working class hero Mickey Ward and his relationship with his dysfunctional family hardly made for Oscar bait.

But like its plucky subject, who overcame adversity at every turn to become one of America's most memorable fighters, 'The Fighter' defied expectations and the critics and took two major Oscar awards.

It lost on points to 'The Kings Speech' in the overall Oscar race, but back in Lowell, the working class suburb of Boston they have reason to be proud again of their fighting son.

It also marked a remarkable third time in recent that Oscars have flowed to gritty New England Irish dramas, 'Mystic River,'' The Departed' and now 'The Fighter' all prove how enduring a theme working class Irish in Boston and its suburbs are.

Throw in' The Town' another hit movie on the same theme this year and you have a fascinating quartet of movies.